Matthew 6:25-27

The Cure for Anxiety

25 "¹For this reason I say to you, do not be ²worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

26 "³Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

27 "And who of you by being ⁴worried can ⁵add a single hour to his life?

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 6:25-33: {Luke 12:22-31}
• 2. Matt 6:27, 28, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7
• 3. Job 35:11; Job 38:41; Psalms 104:27, 28; Matthew 10:29f; Luke 12:24
• 4. Matt 6:25, 28, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7
• 5. Psalms 39:5

Footnotes

• [a] Or "stop being worried"
• [b] Lit "soul"
• [c] Lit "heaven"
• [d] Lit "cubit" (approx 18 in.)
• [e] Or "height"